{"product_id":"9781922182654","title":"The Refuge: Text Classics","description":"Author: Mackenzie, Kenneth\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922182654\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 28 Jan 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 448 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate at night Lloyd Fitzherbert, police reporter with the Sydney \u003ci\u003eGazette\u003c\/i\u003e, is picked up by his man in CIB for a 'last-minute job that won't take a minute' at the morgue. A body has been found in the harbour. Irma, a beautiful young woman who fled persecution in Nazi Europe, is dead.\u003cbr\u003e She was Fitzherbert's lover. And, though the police don't know it yet, he killed her.\u003cbr\u003e Gripping and atmospheric, \u003ci\u003eThe Refuge\u003c\/i\u003e is a murderer's confession-a tale of wartime Sydney, with its paranoia about communism and spies. Kenneth Mackenzie's last novel is utterly different to his lauded debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Young Desire It\u003c\/i\u003e, yet it shares that book's psychological acuity and mastery of language.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'The history of a crime told as excitingly and with as much dramatic tension as anything by Graham Greene or Raymond Chandler.' Kenneth Slessor, \u003ci\u003eSun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Remarkable...A genuine personal tragedy.' A. D. Hope \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Fascinating, extremely skilful and subtle.' \u003ci\u003eSun-Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'One of our most gifted novelists.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48150346694814,"sku":"UBD-9781922182654","price":14.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922182654.jpg?v=1786964475","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922182654","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}